Filmpremiere: „The Rise and Fall of Zygmunt Blask“. Ein Film über polnischen Glam Rock bei BERLIN GLOBAL

In the organizer's words:

"The Rise and Fall of Zygmunt Blask" tells the story of glam rock superstar Zygmunt Blask in the queer Polish underground of the 1970s and 1980s. The fictional character was created by Polish musician Jemek Jemowit, who brought the rock opera "Legenda Zygmunt Blask" to the market in 2021. In the film by Krzysztof Honowski and Jemek Jemowit, artists Ewa Maria Slaska and Leon Dziemaszkiewicz trace the life of the pop icon, whose rise and fall is exemplary for many fleeing existences between censorship, self-determination, emigration and exile.

Based on their personal experiences and memories, Slaska and Dziemaszkiewicz describe an alternative European history of East and West. Part musical, part documentary, part queer-feminist agitprop, the film shows collages of home videos from communist Poland paired with interviews and scenic re-enactments that were newly shot in Berlin and Zielona Góra.

"The Rise and Fall of Zygmunt Blask" is an unsparing memorial to the terrible battles for the right to self-determination that have been waged in former Soviet countries to this day and must be waged again.

The event is part of the program accompanying the open space "Freedom, Equality, Solidarity" by Ewa Maria Slaska, Anna Krenz and Jemek Jemowit.

"The Rise and Fall of Zygmunt Blask" (2021-24) is a film by Krzysztof Honowski and Jemek Jemowit, with Ewa Maria Slaska, Leon Krzysztof Dziemaszkiewicz, Roland Owsnitzki and Jemek Jemowit. Supported by the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Europe as part of the Oder-Partnership.

Program

18:30: Tape listening session of the studio album "Legenda Zygmunta Blask" by Jemek Jemowit. Released in 2021, it raises questions about the socio-political situation in the country under the PiS government (Prawo i Sprawiedliwość), in particular the difficult situation of the LGBTIQ community.

7 pm: Premiere screening of the film "The Rise and Fall of Zygmunt Blask". The film will be shown in Polish, German and English with English subtitles.

19:35: Q&A with the filmmakers and actors, moderated by Joanna Ratajczak. The discussion will be held in German with simultaneous English translation.

- 5 EUR, reduced 3 EUR

- from 12 years

- Languages: German, English, Polish

- Venue: Berlin Exhibition, 1st floor, Room 5 - Berlin Raum